Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-10
Fruit Values in New York.

Copyright, 1887, 0y Tie California associated Press
NEW YORK, September 9th.-lSpecial The
Nail and Express says: Choice native Bartlett
pears are 40 cents a dozen. Large Sheldons are
% 40 cents, and Flemish Beauty 80 cents a
dozen, while Sickels are % cents quart. Grapes
are coming in well, and there will be an abund-
anee The prices are per pound Delaware. l6
10012 cents. Hothouse grapes are 81 per pound
and are fine. Plums are not arriving plentifully.
The yellow egg variety are scarce and cost 10
cents quart. Choice Damsons are 10 cents a
half-peck. German prunes are 81 so a halfpeck,
and large Damsons, s. per peck.
The New York Hop Crop.
copyright, 1887. by the California Associated Press
New YORK, September 9thlISpecial )-Ad-
vices are received concerning the hop crop from
various parts of this State. The tornado of the
present week damaged the crop to some extent
The sale is reported at Cooperstown of one crop
at twenty cents. Oneida adviees are that deal.
ers contracts made for hops to be delivered later
on range in price from Is to 20 cents. Growers
have not been in too great hurry, as is usually
and mold, and a noticeable improvement in the
quality of the hops which are allowed to hang
few days longer on the poles.
Mrs. Fords Strange Case.
lCopyrg, 1857, 6n the California Associated Press.l
NEW YORK, September 9th.-[Special. THE
Hersld says: 1.-The case OF Mrs. Mary Ford,
who arrived in Jersey City on Wednesday,
AUGUST olSI, anu WHOSE three CnllUren, baggage
and money she declares are missing, is one of
the strangest with which the police OF that city
have ever had to deal. Mrs. Ford's story is GU
riously lacking in confirmation of parts of its
main points, yet no evidence has been discov-
cred which conclusively contradicts her.
The Medical Congress.
WASHINGTON, September 9th.-Memters of
the Medical Congress were photographed in a
group this morning on the south portico of the
steps of the Treasury Department building.
President hp Of
the Congress to order at 10 o'clock.
The selection of Berlin as the place for hold
ing the next Congress was ratified.
DR.. G. Fielding Blanford, of London, one of the
leading authorities of the world upon insanity
and nervous diseases, read paper upon those
subjects.
after which the General Session adjourned 1t
will assemble to- morrow morning at half-past g.
merely for formal adjournment sine die
Indemnity Lands Withdrawn.
Copyright, 1887, BY tie California associated Press
WASHINGTON, September 9th. Special -
The Co mmissioner of the Land Office has pre-
pared a statement showing the number of acres
OF land claimed to have been restored to the
public domain under the Secretary of the Int
riUr's order reyoking the indemnity withdraw
ais for the benefit of certain railroads and wag
onroads. One million acres have been restored
in California from the California and Oregon ;
1000 acres from The Dalles military road, in
Oregon; 250, 900 acres from the Northern Pacific
in Oregon; 100000 acres from the California
and Oregon road in Oregon. and 3,S00,OO from
the Southern Pacific in California.
Yesterdays Ball Games.
DETRoIT-No game; rain.
CHICAGo-No game; rain.
BosToN-No game.
Philadelphia 10, Washington 9.
BRooKLYN-Brooklyn 16, Cleveland ,.
Observation-Disclosures l, Louisyile3 ;.
New GORK-Metropolitan 0, Cincinnati 10.
PHILADELPnlA-St. Louis S, Athletics j.
Underground Railroading.
NEW YORK, September 9th.-The stockholders
of the New York Underground Railway Com
pany elected Board OF Directors yesterday.
Counsel of the company will apply TO the SUI
perior Court next week for a mGndamus to com
pei the Commissioners of Public Works to grant
permit to begin work. If this mandamuS is
issued the company is ready to begin digging
in a day. This is the route from City Hall Park
through Center and Mulberry streets, Fourth
avenue, Union square and Madison avenue.
Battle Flag Returned.
MONTGOMERY (Ala.) September 9th.-Thomas
Inent, has forwarded by express to the Governor
of Connecticut the battle flag of the Sixteenth
Connecticut Volunteers, captured i'll Plymouth
North Carolina, i'll April, 1864.
Death of an Injured Jockey.
SARATOGA, September 9th.-The jockey, West
who was so terribly injured on the race track
here August 10Th, died this morning. The dead
jockey was in the employ of f. j. Baldwin, of
California.
A Murderer Disposed OF.
BALTIMORE September 9th.-Ross the negro
murderer of Emily Brown (white), was hanged
this afternoon. He went to the gallows singing
hymn.
The crime of Ross was particularly revolving
His victim was an old woman named Emily
Brown, who was beaten to death by Ross in De-
cember last, and her body sold to a medical col
lege for SIS He acknowledged the killing but
threw the blame upon Anderson Perry, the col
ored janitor of the college who he said had
made him drunk and induced him to kill the
old woman. Perry was acquitted of completely
though he narrowly escaped lynching by the
colored people.
The Result of a GInudhnrst